3D-Printed Houses Become a Reality
What sounded like science fiction a decade ago and looked like it was poised to become one of the technologies in the dreaded “well, it works in the lab, but doesn’t scale” category is now nearing reality: 3D printing whole houses is a thing now.
ICON, one of the pioneers in the field, is about to complete its first 100-home project in Austin, TX.
“It brings a lot of efficiency to the trade market,” said ICON senior project manager Conner Jenkins. “So, where there were maybe five different crews coming in to build a wall system, we now have one crew and one robot.”